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In one of those astounding moments of hubris we have at https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/einstein-must-be-wrong-how-general-relativity-fails-to-explain-the-universe ... that might lead readers to think Einstein could well be wrong on

Another lost megalithic tomb unearthed. This time in western Norway. See https://www.archaeology.org/11903-231117-norway-neolithic-burial ... a stone lined tomb was discovered in Norway during construction work. It

The ruins of a 5000 years old tomb have been unearthed in Orkney  - see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tombs ... In fact, all the archaeological action appears to

This is an interesting one. At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231113192112.htm ... in a study published in Nature Astronomy scientists have outlined their discovery of an aurora like display

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/times-finally-up-impending-iceland-eruption-is-part-of-centuries-long-volcanic-pulse ... which is basically saying they don't know why voilcanoes erupt when they do. What on earth could they be ignoring? The immanent

Robert sent in 3  links. At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-visible-range-martian-night.html ... we learn that night time glow was discovered by 'The Trace Gas Orbiter' satellite of the ESA.

At https://spaceweather.com ... archive, November 14th 2023. What are bright lights? A phenomenon that has not been seen for some time may have made a

At https://spaceweather.com ... archive, Novermber 16th 2023. Like other sources we are told its down to a cryovolcano - or ice volcano. It abruptly brightened,

Neanderthals as you have never seen them before. As handsome as the everyday bloke you might come across in your travels in a big city.

At https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bohemoliches-incola-diet-12313.html ... we have fossilised specimens of trilobites, dating from the Ordovician, containing the contents of its guts. Stomach I assume. This was sent

At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03271-4 ... we are told Mars has a surprise layer of molten rock in its interior. This conclusion came about after a meteor struck

William sent in the link https://finance.yahoo.com/news/martian-rocks-keep-hitting-earth-160200735.html  ....Martian rocks, meteorites, have been flying through space and bombarding earth for thousands of years, we are told. They

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/fossils/jurassic-pliosaur-megapredator-was-a-giant-sea-murderer/ ... sometimes the press releases are more comedy than serious science. This one is edgy perhaps - as it is alarmist. Here we

Gary sent in this one - https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/11/04/wyoming-couple-finds-forest-of-gigantic-60-million-year-old-petrified-trees ... a couple in the US, building an RV park, have dug up a massive 35 feet section

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231023185445.htm ... back in 2021, two short years ago, it was suggested by University of Arizona astronomers that a recently discovered Near Earth Object,

At https://spaceweather.com ... archive November 6th 2023. Here we have a large purple tube of light - but it wasn't an aurora. It was caused

Seems like the James Webb Space Telescope is not alone. We now have the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope due to come online soon. It

At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/sphinx-may-have-been-built-from-a-natural-rock-feature-eroded-by-wind-study-claims ... It is possible that wind erosion made a rock feaure in Egypt resemble a lion laying down is the basic premise. Asuming

At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-presence-atomic-oxygen-day-night.html ... there are oxygen atoms on Venus, on both sides of the planet, during night and day time. It exists in the atmosphere.

At https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231107131931.htm ... microfossils of algae have been found in rocks in western Australia. These seem to push back the beginning of life forms on